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ˈfirstness|ˈfɜːstnɪs|
[f. as firstmost a. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being first.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1869) I. 172 Oo firstnesse of love shulde we have to us silf, and to oure fadir and oure modir. 1626W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 106 This firstnes, or precedence of Apostasie, to the day of Christ. 1659Hammond Dispatcher Disp. Pref. Wks. 1660 II. 163 When I give..a firstness of Precedency and Presidency to the Pope. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 183 Oh! the firstness, the freeness..the matchlessness of Christ's love to fallen man in becoming man! 1895Mrs. W. K. Clifford Flash of Summer vii, Daffodils..—the bell-like single ones: and their tender firstness appealed to her. 1924Glasgow Herald 4 Sept. 4 A first novel,..with a freshness and spontaneity not always synonymous with ‘first-ness’ in novel-writing. 1927Blackw. Mag. June 828/2 An odd kind of distinction should halo the person who is the very first to see something or to do something which hitherto humanity has not seen or done... The value of these ‘firstnesses’ is by no means equal. |